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As early as possible! You can start filing the FAFSA as early at October 1st.  The state Cal Grant program and many state college and university financial aid programs have a March 2 filing deadline - but many schools and programs have earlier deadlines. Some colleges ask that the FAFSA be filed as soon after October 1st as possible! The California Student Aid Commission advises students to file as early as possible. The FAFSA is filed online.

Visit the college financial aid website. The federal and state program deadline will be the same at most schools but institutional scholarships frequently have deadlines in January.

For the state Cal Grant program a school certified GPA must also be submitted by March 2nd. THS submits the certified GPA's electronically!!  

For all others: Information on Cal Grant GPA submission can be found HERE or e-mail schoolsupport@csac.ca.gov Colleges may also require additional forms. Students should visit the college financial aid website to inquire what they need.

No. The FAFSA asks whether the student and parents have already filed, will file or won’t be filing with the  IRS. If the FAFSA is filed before taxes are filed, the student and parents provide the best estimate of their income as possible, then later, when the actual taxes are filed, they log back into FAFSA and add the actual figures.

No.  File as soon as you can, then correct the FAFSA later. The FAFSA allows students and parents to import their final tax information from the IRS starting about two weeks after the return is filed. This makes is very easy to update the tax info later.

The FAFSA questions are all on the FAFSA on the Web worksheet. The worksheet can be completed before sitting down to file the FAFSA. By completing the FAFSA on the Web worksheet, students and parents can have all of the answers ready for entry, including their 2017 year financial information. The FOTW Worksheet can be found online HERE